JOURNAL OF

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

 

 

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 1

JANUARY 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

EDITORIAL

 

The Early Seeds of Obesity: Are Childhood Obesity Programs Too Late to the Table?

 

S.A. Rivkees, New Haven, CT, USA [free text]

1

 

 

ETHICS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

Adolescent’s Refusal of Treatment: Principles in Conflict

 

M.R. Mercurio, New Haven, CT, USA [free text]

3

 

 

IMAGES IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY

 

Hyperpigmentation in Only One Identical Twin

 

T.D. Nebesio and R R. Shankar, Indianapolis, IN, USA [free text]

7

 

 

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Impact of Early Postnatal Weight Gain and Feeding Patterns on Body Mass Index in Adolescence

 

N. Shehadeh, H. Weitzer-Kish, R. Shamir, S. Shihab and R. Weiss, Haifa and Jerusalem, Israel

9

 

 

Leptin, Insulin, and Glucose Serum Levels in Large-for-Gestational-Age Infants of Diabetic and

Non-Diabetic Mothers

 

M.M. Vela-Huerta, E.U. San Vicente-Santoscoy, J.M. Guizar-Mendoza, N. Amador-Licona, C. Aldana-Valenzuela and J. Hernández,
León, M
éxico

17

 

 

Serum Adiponectin, C-Reactive Protein and TNF-α Levels in Obese Korean Children

 

J.Y. Shin, S.Y. Kim, M.J. Jeung, S.H. Eun, C.W. Woo, S.-Y. Yoon and K.-H. Lee, Seoul, Korea

23

 

 

Glucose Fluxes During OGTT in Adolescents Assessed by a Stable Isotope Triple Tracer Method

 

G. Toffolo, C. Dalla Man, C. Cobelli and A.L. Sunehag, Padova, Italy and Houston, TX, USA

31

 

 

Novel Splice Site Mutation in the Growth Hormone Receptor Gene in Turkish Patients with Laron-type Dwarfism

 

A. Arman, A. Ozon, P.S. Isguven, A. Coker, I. Peker and N. Yordam, Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey

47

 

 

ICR1 Epimutations in 11p15 are Restricted to Patients with Silver-Russell Syndrome Features

 

T. Eggermann, E. Meyer, A.O. Caglayan, M. Dundar and N. Schönherr, Germany, UK and Turkey

59

 

 

Cyclic Pamidronate Therapy in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Results of Treatment and Follow-up

After Discontinuation

 

N. Andiran, A. Alikasifoglu, N. Gonc, A. Ozon, N. Kandemir and N. Yordam, Ankara, Turkey

63

 

 

Neonatal Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Experience and Results in Argentina

 

L. Gruñeiro-Papendieck, A. Chiesa, V. Mendez and L. Prieto, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Determination of Iodine Nutrition and Community Knowledge Regarding Iodine Deficiency Disorders

in Selected Tribal Blocks of Orissa, India

 

G. Bulliyya, B. Dwibedi, G. Mallick, P.G.S. Sethy and S.K. Kar, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, India

79

 

 

PATIENT REPORT LETTERS

 

Pediatric Hypothyroidism Presenting with a Polymyositis-like Syndrome and Increased Creatinine:

Report of Three Cases

 

A.M. Sbrocchi, G. Chédeville, R. Scuccimarri, C.M. Duffy and P. Krishnamoorthy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

89

 

 

Hypokalemic Rhabdomyolysis in a Child with 11-Hydroxylase Deficiency

 

M.E. Atabek, O. Pirgon and A. Sert, Konya, Turkey

93

 

 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

 

Re: “Prevalence and Clinical Features of Type 1.5 Diabetes in Children” [free text]

97

Re: “Diabetes Mellitus in Asian Indian Children and Adolescents”

98

Re: “Effect of Metformin and Rosiglitazone in a Prepubertal Boy with Alström Syndrome”

100

 

 

CALENDAR

103

 

 

Acknowledgements to Reviewers

104

 

 

 

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